The Good Girl Revolution

As the mom of three good girl rebels, ages 21, 18, and 16, I can't thank you enough for your latest book. My then-15 year old found it while we were on vacation last summer, and we both devoured it. My oldest is reading it now.

It is a tremendous source of validation and support for their chosen lifestyle--one that includes modesty, dignity, and the right to choose not to participate in sex before marriage. But of course, they are swimming up stream, and they've even had adult women sneer at them, "oh, you're a Good Girl, aren't you?"

One sick trend we've noticed is that some more conservative girls use religion as an excuse to put up with the bad behavior of boyfriends, friends and peers. One young lady, now 17, told my daughter she was sticking with her boyfriend, whose public behavior is abusive and atrocious, because she was attempting to model Christ for him in the hopes that he would change. It sounds good on the surface, until you begin to examine the results---the boyfriend realizes she will put up with no end of bad behavior and she is choosing to be the recipient of abuse. It's very sad.

Thank you for keeping the plight of the good girl in the public eye. It is wonderful!